What’s Going on @ Sillydog Media

One of the best things about my job as a freelance writer is that I can do my own personal research on someone else’s dime, so to speak.  As our plans to move to the south coast get closer to something like a cohesive permaculture design, I need to look into topics I’ve had only an overview knowledge of until now.  Alternative energy (including solar, wind, geothermal and water power) is one of those topics.

To that end, I did a series of keyword content articles on all types of alternative energy a few months ago. I’m very intrigued by water and wind for that area. If there’s one thing Port Orford has in spades it’s wind and water.  As always, keyword content articles can be a bit clunky, but I think I do a pretty good job of working some of the more difficult keywords in, if not seamlessly, not nearly as awkward as they could be.

or, reality as we know it, anyhow.

I’ve been lucky enough to have written several articles recently on topics of science and para-science (ones that, sadly, I cannot share with you just yet — soon) that are of particular interest to me. A recent one that is a bit more of the mainstream science varity, though I cosndier the topics related, is about Quantum Computing.

Now - on to my rant:

It turns out that some people who identify themselves as “clever,” seem to believe in quite a few seemingly silly things — but are they? Take “The Secret,” for example. I’ve had reason to study this “movement” lately, and they claim to use certain aspects of Quantum Mechanics as a potential explanation for some theories that don’t entirely make sense when you sit down and do the most rudimentary mental math. Well, most physicists don’t care for the association much, but you’ve always got some wing-nuts who are more than happy to be interviewed for a film.

I still think anything that associates itself with a multi-level marketing venture is a bit shady, to say the least. However, I believe some of the people associated are actually sincere in their own way about it. If Wikipedia is to be believed, (Read on …)

I’ve been picked up as a paid journalist for a new, rated, citizen news site called News ETA.  I’ll be in charge of contributing some high end content for the science and technology section of the website.  My first article is on a space theme, discussing the controversy surrounding the spectrographic discovery of water vapour aruond an extrasolar planet in the Pegasus system, sometimes called Osiris.

I know, nerds have a warped sense of humour.

The site isn’t exactly live yet, but you can take a look at this article and rate it, in the meanwhile.  Aside from two typos, I’m pleased with it as a first effort.  Let me know what you think.

Often when posting photos, I give a lengthy description. Sometimes I really go off and find myself writing quite a little piece.  I decided to gather a bunch of those works together into a handy bundle.  Check ‘em out.